When Arthur Burke was born in 1890, in Willenhall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Jacob Burke, was 20 and his mother, Sarah Ann Burns, was 21. He lived in Willenhall Holy Trinity, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1901.
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English and Irish (of Anglo-Norman origin): habitational name from Burgh (Castle) in Suffolk, England. Burk represents an Anglo-Norman pronunciation of Old English burg, Middle English burgh ‘fortification’ (see Burgh ).
German: variant of Burk .
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